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Chapter 188 Yun Lai Di was discovered to be missing
"Buy it, second brother, find some time to go to your father-in-law's house and ask him to leave a big fat pig for our family!"

It just so happens that the second son's wife's family raised five pigs.

Yunlinhe nodded repeatedly.

Everyone was overjoyed to hear that their family was also going to slaughter a pig for the New Year.

I'm already looking forward to it even though it's not Chinese New Year yet.

Yun Jiao was also looking forward to it, because the Spring Festival was the most lively time, especially when there was a pig slaughtered at home.

Their family had considered raising pigs, but Yun Xiaowu and the other children were too young, and with Yun Jiao also there, the adults were busy taking care of the children, going to the beach, and doing other chores. Besides, there was simply no space in the old house to raise pigs.

However, Grandpa Yun is already planning in his mind to fence off a piece of land behind the new house to build a pigsty, and then catch a piglet to raise at the beginning of next year.

Now the boys are all grown up and have gone to school, so there's no longer the hassle of taking care of them. Even if their son and daughter-in-law are busy going out to sea and don't have time to raise pigs, the two elderly people have the time.

When Xiao Wu and the others get out of school, they're old enough to help with some chores.

As he pondered this, Grandpa Yun rubbed his hands together, took out his pipe and started smoking, a smile never fading from his face.

For people in the countryside, the happiest thing now is raising a big, fat pig at home. Slaughtering the pig during the Lunar New Year is the proudest and most triumphant time.

This means that the family is doing well.

He used to envy other people's families slaughtering pigs for the New Year.

That flame orb was treasured and kept as a keepsake.

Grandma Yun hid in her small cabinet, locked it, and carefully hid the key as well.

Today was such a happy day.

However, Yun Xiaowu and his friends weren't happy the next day.

Because I have to go to school.

Going to school is most difficult when the weather gets cold.

Because it's so comfortable in bed, getting out of bed becomes exceptionally difficult.

With the current weather, the time available for boat trips to the sea from Yunlinhai and Yunlinhe is becoming increasingly limited.

After a while, we will stop going to sea altogether.

Winter weather is harsh and not suitable for offshore operations.

Even if she rarely went out, Yun Jiao wouldn't allow anyone to go with her.

It was too cold for Yunjiao to go into the sea.

So, tragically, even though she didn't go to school, she still had to stay home and practice writing.

In order to write letters to her older brothers in person, Yun Jiao took her studies very seriously.

Although the handwriting is still crooked, it's much better now than when I used to write one character as two.

A major event also happened in the village these past two days.

The clouds have disappeared.

This was exposed two days after Yunlaidi completely disappeared.

Yun Lai didn't show up on the first day, but Cai Jinhua didn't take it to heart and just happily counted her money.

The family Yun Lai Di was to marry into had sent over the betrothal gifts. For the sake of the money, she unusually didn't ask Yun Lai Di to do anything all day. She only called out to her occasionally, and when she found that Yun Lai Di wasn't there, she would grumble and complain about how lazy he was.

But the next day, when the man's side was preparing to pick him up, they were shocked to realize that Yun Laidi hadn't shown up for a long time, and only then did they start to frantically look for him.

Cai Jinhua didn't think that Yun Laiti had run away; she just assumed that Yun Laiti didn't like the marriage she had arranged and was throwing a tantrum by hiding away.

She continued to curse as she searched, her voice so loud that people everywhere could hear her. She cursed her own daughter so filthyly that many people couldn't bear to listen.

But this is their family matter, and it's not appropriate for them to interfere. Otherwise, given Cai Jinhua's personality, she would definitely get herself into a lot of trouble.

Cai Jinhua even came to Yun Jiao's house looking for her. Her loud voice was so loud that Yun Jiao, who was practicing writing at home, could hear it.

Yun Jiao knew that Yun Lai Di had run away, but she didn't tell anyone.

Go ahead and curse, Yunlai can't hear it anyway.

After searching for a whole day without success, Cai Jinhua and her family had lost their voices from calling out, and only then did they realize that Yun Laidi might have run away. The man's side was furious, demanding his return or a refund. Then Cai Jinhua went crazy, not only cursing Yun Laidi even more fiercely, but also asking around to see if anyone had seen him.

Yun Jiao, carrying the little turtle and accompanied by her puppy, with sunflower seeds in her pocket, went to the village chief's house to join in the fun.

That's right, Cai Jinhua couldn't find anyone, so she went to harass the village chief.

Yun Jiao: Let's observe a few seconds of silence for the village chief.

Little Yun Jiao finally understood that managing people was troublesome and often involved dealing with oddballs.

At this moment, a large number of people had already gathered at the village chief's house.

After all, there's less work to be done these days, and fewer people go out to sea; everyone's quite idle.

Since they don't have many forms of entertainment, they are particularly enthusiastic about joining in the fun, gossiping, and eating melons.

Yun Jiao also saw her own breast.

She immediately picked up the little turtle and ran over.

"Grandma, Grandma."

Grandma Yun called out to her, "Come here quickly."

She and her best friends from the village had secured a very good spot, and squeezed in so that Yun Jiao could join them as well.

Then all eyes turned to Cai Jinhua's family and the village chief, whose hair was becoming increasingly thin.

The village chief sat on a stool, smoking one cigarette after another, looking worried.

Cai Jinhua sat on the ground, slapping her thighs and crying and making a scene.

"Village chief, you have to help us find Lai Di! That brat is about to get married and she's gone! How are we going to explain this to our in-laws?"

After saying a lot, Yun Jiao didn't hear any concern from them about Yun Laidi's disappearance. Instead, they seemed more worried that if he disappeared, the two hundred yuan dowry they received would be wasted.

Yun Jiao pouted and grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds.

Give one to Grandma, one to Granny Liu, one to Granny Zhao...

These old ladies are all close to Grandma, so everyone gets a little something.

"Oh my, Yun Jiao even brought so many melon seeds."

"Come, come, Jiaojiao, try our fried soybeans. Eat slowly and be careful with your teeth."

"Jiaojiao, have some peanuts."

After handing out a few handfuls of sunflower seeds, Yun Jiao received other small snacks.

Peanuts, roasted soybeans, and a few pieces of candy.

She put them all into her small bag, and then ate sunflower seeds while listening to Cai Jinhua's wailing and howling and the scene of her rolling around on the ground.

Roasted sunflower seeds smell so good!

Village Chief: "It's been two days! Where am I supposed to find your family? What kind of parents are you? You've been missing for two days before we even realized it!"

The village chief really couldn't stand Cai Jinhua's family. After giving them a good scolding, he was worried that something might have happened to the girl who came to visit. So he asked the people present when they had recently discovered Yun Lai's visit.

Knowing full well that Yun Laidi had already left, Yun Jiao didn't say anything, acting as if she knew nothing at all.

But other people who saw Yunlai the day before yesterday said so.

“The day before yesterday, around lunchtime, I saw Yun Lai Di heading towards Hai Gou Zi with red eyes.”

Upon hearing this, everyone started discussing it.

"Is that girl thinking of jumping into the sea?"

“What’s there to be upset about? It’s just getting married. Everyone goes through this. I think the young man in the family Cai Jinhua mentioned is quite decent.”

The family that Cai Jinhua talked to had come to the village, so everyone had seen their youngest son.

"But why the rush? They've already come up with two hundred yuan for the bride price, but they haven't even held a wedding banquet yet."

That's right, the man's side plans to just take the person away quietly, with only a few relatives from both families having a meal together.

(End of this chapter)